Dispensing device



May 22, 1923. 1,455,970 M. C. RESEK DI SPENSING DEVICE Filed Dec. 6,1920 fit into and constitute a Patented May 22,1923.

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DISPENSING DEVICE.

Application filed December 6, 1820. Serial No. 428,470.

To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS C. Essex, a citizen of the United States,residin Cleveland Heights, in the county of u ahoga and State of Ohio,have invente a certain new and useful Improvement 1n Dispensin Devices,of which the following is a full, c ear, and exact description, refer:ence being had to the accompanying drawfly invention relates to a devicefor dispenslng toilet compounds in powdered form, such as soap, shavingpowder, tooth powder, or other commodities of like nature which it isdesired to deliver in limited or given quantities.

The objects of the inventionare to provide a neat and compact devicethat may be readily attached to a 'wall or other supporting surface andwhich is particularly convenient of'use; which is positive of operation;and into which a fresh supply of material may be easily introduced.

It is my present intention to promote the use of my device for thedispensing of powdered shaving soap particularly, and to place thedevice in homes and hotels, the soap is to be supplied in containerswhich art of the device and which may be purc ased bv the user on theopen market. When the device is used in public washrooms or hotelbathrooms, it is especiall desirable to incorporate means which wiprevent the soap container from being removed from the device except byauthorized persons. 4

It is a further object of my invention, therefore to include in thedevice means for lockin the container against removal,

To acilitate the attachment of the container to the device withoutdanger of spilling the contents, I proposev to so construct the devicethat it may be inverted, the container attached to the device when thecontainer is in upright position, and then the device returned to itsformer position to invert the container; and to the end of locln'ng thecontainer against withdrawal from the device I referably employ anautomatic means wllich assumes effective" osition when the container isinverted. I

rther provide means for lockingthe device against inversion .so thatthereceptacle cannot be returned to upright position,

which latter means is under the control of a key or similar instrument.

To these ends my invention may be defined generally as consisting of thecombination and arrangement of parts set forth in the claims annexedhereto and illustrated in the drawing accompanying and forming a parthereof and wherein similar reference characters designate correspondingparts throughout the views. I

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a front view of the device; Fig. 2 is acentral vertical section through the same; and Fig. 3 is a transversevertical section substantially on the center line of the hopper, thereceptacle or container being omitted to reveal the means for lockingthe container against removal.

A base 1 is adapted to be attached to a wall or other su porting surfaceby means of screws 2, an the front of the base is provided with acircular cavity 3 in the center of which is situated a threaded stud 4that is preferably formed integral with the base. 'A sleeve member 5 isinternally threaded at its rear end for application to the stud 4 andhas a circular flange 6 that fits within the recess 3 of the base andconceals the screws 2. A conical sha ed ho per 10 rises from the forwardend 0 the eeve member 5 and at its upper end is provided with aninternal thread 11 for cooperation with the threads 12 on the neck of asuitable receptacle or container 13. This container is preferably in theform of a bottle; and when not used as a part of the dispensing devicemay be closed by a suitable screw cap of ordinary form (not shown).Somewhat to the rear of the vertical plane of the hopper 10, a spout l5depends from the sleeve member 5, and a plun er 16- occupies the reducedforward end of t e bore of said member. A collar 17 of the plun er isarranged to engage the shoulder t at separates the enlarged portion fromthe reduced portion of the bore of member 5 to limit the forwardmovement of the plunger, and

a s rin 20 that is inter osed between the col ar 1 and the front ace ofthe stud 4 tends to. retain the plunger forwardly. When the plunger isin its forward position, an anular groove 21 thereof registers withtheoutlet opening 22 of the hopper 10 and receives a (fiuantity ofmaterial therefrom; and when t e plunger is pushed rearwardly againstthe action of spring 20, the groove 21 is brought into re lster with thespout 15 so that the aforesaid quantity of material may drop through thespout. To prevent the material from 010 ging or arching within theconverging en of the hopper, I provide an agitator 23 which projectsupwardly from the plunger 16 and occupies a position inside the hop er.'Ihis agitator is reciprocated upon eac actuation of the plunger 16,

and, in the present instance, it consists of an inverted conical spiralspring.

For the purpose of retainingthe member 5 in a position to hold thehopper 10 upright, as illustrated in the drawings, I pros vie a sprinlatch 25 which is in .the nature of a lea sprin that is supported uponthe stud 4 and the Iower end of which protrudes through a notch 26 inthe flange which surrounds the cavity 3. The flange 6 of the member 5 isalso rovided with a notch 27 which is occupie by the spring latch, 25when the parts are in o erative relation. I have shown a screw 30 treaded through the lower end of the spring latch and as bearing againstthe adjacent part of the base 1 so that" the latch may be held againstretraction from the notch 27 of the flange 6 except when the screw issufiiciently withdrawn from the latch to admit of such action. The headof the screw is preferably made in some special form, as triangular incross section as indicated at 31, for the application of a key or thelike.

As will be seen upon reference to Fig. 3,

- a gravity dpawl or latch 35 is pivoted within the threa d portion ofthe hopper 10, and when the member 5 is turned upon the stud 4 and thehopper inverted, the gravity pawl or latch drops into alignment with athread of the hopper. When in this position, therefore, a receptacle 13may be screwed into the hopper, and when it assumes its final positiontherein the rear end of the thread on the neck of the container passesbeyond the latch 35 so that when the hopper is returnedto uprightposition and the container is inverted above the hopper so as to deliverits contents to the hopper, the latch 35 drops behind the end of thethread and prevents the receptacle from being unscrewed.

The operation of the device is obvious.

aaeaevo the member 5 is returned to its former position when the springlatch 25 will snap into the notch 27 of the flange 6. The spring latchis then looked in this position by settin down on the screw 31.

IIaving thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a dispensing device of the character set forth, the combination ofan invertible support, a container removably supported thereby, and alock for securing the container against removal from the support whenthe support is in normal position, said lock being rendered inefl'ectiveby the inversion of the support.

2. In a dispensing device of the character set forth, the combination ofan .invertible support, a container removably supported thereby, and alock that is automatically and means for locking the support in nor-'mal position.

4. In a dispensing device of the character set forth, the'combination ofa base, a support rotatably sustained thereby, and involving a hopper,means for locking the support to the base with the hopper in uprightposition, a container removably applied to the hopper, and means forlocking the container against removal from the hopper, said means beingrendered effective by the rotation of the aforesaid support to bring thehopper to upright position.

5. In a dispensing device of the character set forth, the combination ofa base, a support rotatably sustained thereby and involving a hopper,means for locking the support to the base with the hopper in uprightposition, a container removably applied to the hopper, means. forlocking the container against removal from the hopper, said means beingrendered effective by the rotation of the aforesaid support to bring thehopper to upright position, and valve mechanism incorporated in thesupport for controlling the dispensation of material from the hopper.

6. In a dispensing device of the character set forth, the combination ofa base, a support rotatably sustained thereby and involving a hopper, anautomatic spring latch for holding the support against angular movementwith respect to the base when the hopper is in upright position, acontainer removably applied to the hopper, and means for locking thecontainer against removal from the hopper, said. means being efiectiveonly when the hopper is in upright osition, and valve mechanismincorporated in the support for controlling the dispensation of materialfrom the ho per.

7. In a dispensin evice of the character set forth, the combination of abase, a support rotatably sustained therebyand involving a hopper, asprin latch for holding the support against angu ar movement withrespect to the base when the hopper is in upright position, means forlocking the latch against being actuated, a contalner removably appliedto the hopper, and means for locking the container a ainst removal fromthe hopper, said means eing effective when the hopper is in uprightposition, and valve mechanism incorporated in the support for controllinthe dispensation of material from the opper.

8. In a dispensing device of the character set forth, the combination ofa sleeve member, a container arranged to be applied to said member incommunication with the bore thereof, the member having an outlet whichcommunicates with said bore at a point spaced longitudinally of themember from the point at which the container communicates therewith, aplunger reciprocable within the bore and havlng a part for transferringmaterial from the container to the outlet opening, and an agitator inthe form of an inverted conical shaped spiral spring carried by theplunger in o erative relation to the container and capa le of vibrationupon actuation of the plunger.

9. In a dispensing device of the character set forth, the combination ofa base having a circular recess and a threaded stud projecting centrallytherefrom, means passing through the base within the area of the recessfor securing the base to a supporting surface, a sleeve memberinternally threaded at one end for application to the aforesaid hopperto the spout, a container adapted to be applied to the hopper, and asprin latch interposed between the base and sai member, said memberhaving a part wherewith the spring latch engages for holding the memberagainst rotation upon the stud.

10. In a dispensin device of the character set forth, the com ination ofa base having a circular recess and a threaded stud rojecting centrallytherefrom, means pass- 1ng through the base within the area of therecess for securing thebase to a supporting surface, a sleeve memberinternally threaded at one end for application to the aforesaid stud andhaving a part closing the recess of the base, said member including ahopper that communicates with the bore of the member in one plane and as out which communicates w1th said bore m a plane spaced longitudinallyof said member from the former plane, a plunger reciprocable within thebore of the member and having a part for transferring material from thehopper to the spout, a container adapted to be applied to the hopper, as rin latch interposed between the base an said member, said memberhaving a part wherewith the spring latch engages for holdin the memberagainst rotation upon the stu and an agitator carried by the plunger andprojecting into the hopper.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

MORRIS C. RESEK.

